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middling(1)(dictionary)
middling(dictionary)
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Axillary(health)
Axillary(medicine)
axillary(dictionary)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)

axillary triangle (medicine) and middling(1) (iou)


axillary triangle (medicine)


axillary triangle


A triangular area embracing the medial aspect of the arm, the axilla, and the pectoral region which is one of the seats of predilection for the petechial initial rash of smallpox.


middling(1) (iou)



middling adjective & adverb. Orig. Scot. ME.
[Prob. from MID adjective + -LING2.]
A. adjective.
Of medium or moderate size; moderately large. Now (colloq.) passing into sense 4. ME.
J. Rathbone He was a man of middling height.
a. Intermediate between two things; moderate. LME-M18.
b. Middle-aged. rare. E17.
Designating the second of three grades into which certain goods are sorted according to quality. M16.
Moderately good; mediocre, second-rate. M17.
fair-to-middling: see FAIR adjective.
D. Francis Etty gave him middling horses to ride.
Designating or pertaining to the middle class. Now rare. L17.
b. adverb.
Moderately, fairly. colloq. E18.
Fairly well (esp. in Health). colloq. E19.
middlingly adverb M18.
middlingness noun M19.